Corrie actress who plays Blanche dies

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From Digital Spy:

Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones died this morning, aged 75.
The actress, who played the much-loved soap character Blanche Hunt, passed away in hospital after losing a long battle with illness.
Jones, who studied at the RADA drama school, first appeared in Coronation Street in 1961 as a policewoman. She was granted a full time role as Blanche, the mother of Dierdre, 13 years later and remained on the show until 1976.
She made several reappearances in the shows for events such as Deirdre's marriage to Ken Barlow in 1981 and the birth of her grandchild Tracy 1977. Jones was made a full-time cast member in 1999.
In 2005 and 2008, Jones won the British Soap Award for 'Best Comedy Performance' for her role on the ITV1 soap.
Her other TV credits included Dalziel and Pascore, Peak Practice, The Barchester Chronicles and Heartbeat.
Earlier this month, Jones was said to be in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital for life-saving surgery. However, producers later said that the 75-year-old was starting to improve. An ITV representative later added that the soap star was "continuing in the same direction" as she continued to be cared for at Hope Hospital in Salford.

RIP.

Awww I will really miss her in Corrie, her one-liners used to be brilliant - Blanche was a hilarious character.....

ToniTuddle

Mate just told me about that.
She was an excellent character :(

iguana

She was the best character by miles. It will be half a show without her.

Oliverdog

What a shame. A fine actress, who'll be sadly missed. Coronation Street doesn't matter a bit.

carolinespring

I am so sorry to hear about her death.

spurious

That's sad news, Maggie Jones had fantastic timing and was ideal for the Corrie writers. I didn't realise her illness was so serious. I hope she'll be a character they mention in episodes for a long time yet.
R.I.P.

iguana

spurious wrote: »

I hope she'll be a character they mention in episodes for a long time yet.

Apparently her last scenes were the ones recently where she got drunk and told all the Barlow secrets to Simon's other grandparents. After that she got ill but was recovering so she they planned to have her back at some point next year. I guess they will have to have Blanche die off screen.:(

brummytom

That's terrible, I was shocked when I saw it on the BBC website.

Blanche was by far the most entertaining character in Corrie, a great comedic actress. Very, very sad

RIP

GERMAN ROCKS

rip she was my favourite character on it.
shes very funny here#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=catEhS8k_BU

times'a'wastin

she will be missed, was fantastic in corrie RIP Maggie

ziggy23

was really sad to here this. She was such a funny character. I love those grannys like her that can say what they like and get away with it!!

Madame Razz

She was absolutely brilliant in the role; a greatly talented actress.

Never realised that she had been so long associated with the soap.

Definately a big loss to the show.

casio4

very sad I loved her character RIP:(

jimmyw

It was a bit weird looking at her in last nights episode :eek:

casio4

jimmyw wrote: »

It was a bit weird looking at her in last nights episode :eek:

yeah I thought that too, sad to see her

Epicurus

Her last episodes tonight

ToniTuddle

Aww what??
Is there an omnibus on at some stage over the weekend?? I have to see that!:(

Epicurus

ToniTuddle wrote: »

Aww what??
Is there an omnibus on at some stage over the weekend?? I have to see that!:(

Couple of options Toni.

Tomorrow on Tv3 from 12 to 1 or the omnibus on Sunday from 9 to 11.30. Also on Sunday on ITV from 10.50 to 13.10

You can also see it online at tv3.ie

casio4

ToniTuddle wrote: »

Aww what??
Is there an omnibus on at some stage over the weekend?? I have to see that!:(

I don't think she was in the second episode tonight, i was only half watching it so I could be wrong.:(